My content has been stolen - What should i do?(website included in thread)

Matt Hoey · 08-29-2008, 05:42 PM

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The article here has been ripped from Ezines without any link to me. What should i do?

I did a whois and came up with this.

Registrant Search: "Yasir Mehmood" owns about 23 other domains
Email Search: is associated with about 13 domains

What do you guys think? I'm sure the rest of the content will be ripped from ezines too.

Steven Wagenheim · 08-29-2008, 05:44 PM

Contact him first. Demand he remove it. If he doesn't comply, then contact
his hosting company.

Make sure you show them all documentation that you can that it's yours and
that he is using it illegally.

Allen Graves · 08-29-2008, 05:45 PM

You cannot do much, really. Not unless you have plenty of time and patience.

Just inform EZA. I believe they can block that IP from downloading their rss.

AL

neddag · 08-29-2008, 06:15 PM

Out of all the articles I've published at EZA, I'm guessing that 30-40% don't have a link or author box when I find them on other sites.

It used to bother me a lot, but now I don't even worry about it. The problem is too big for me to waste my time with. I've got more productive things to do.

Ned

P.S. Even more disturbing is when they leave the author box but spin it and the article into some unintelligible garbage.

Terry Hatfield · 08-29-2008, 07:30 PM

Hi,

If it is on a blog like blogger.com they have a link on their homepage to report copyright violations.

Basically you send a letter to them and then they investigate and delete the offender.

I had one of my articles stolen from ezine articles and the resource box removed. It was put on a blogger blog with about 100 other articles that were stolen.

I sent a letter to them according to their specifications. A few days later I received an email said they where investigating. Four days later received another email that the blog had been removed.

Really stupid thing for them to do, as the blog the person had up was older than a year old and aged.

Pretty simple process really. I have the letter in my folder if I need to it is a quick cut and paste job to send another out.

Terry

adamv · 08-29-2008, 09:52 PM

I don't understand why people will use an article and remove the resource box. The price of using someone else's content is to give them a link or two. Is that too much to ask?

I guess it is...

I always include a hyperlink and a URL in my resource box because I've noticed that a lot of scrapped sites and domain parking type sites will use my articles and my "clickable" anchor text link is no longer clickable but at least my URL is clickable and I still get a backlink.

Matt Hoey · 09-11-2008, 04:59 AM

I contacted a few people including his hosting and this is the result.

"Thanks Matt.I'll get in touch with Yasir and then terminate his sites.
Thanks for the report!"

Justice

08-29-2008, 05:42 PM	#1
Matt Hoey Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 624 Blog Entries: 10 Thanks: 15 Thanked 18 Times in 15 Posts	My content has been stolen - What should i do?(website included in thread) Gamers Guide Blog Archive Games on Demand - The Beginning of the End For Piracy The article here has been ripped from Ezines without any link to me. What should i do? I did a whois and came up with this. Registrant Search: "Yasir Mehmood" owns about 23 other domains Email Search: is associated with about 13 domains What do you guys think? I'm sure the rest of the content will be ripped from ezines too.

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neddag HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: , , USA. Posts: 139 Thanks: 6 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	Re: My content has been stolen - What should i do?(website included in thread) Out of all the articles I've published at EZA, I'm guessing that 30-40% don't have a link or author box when I find them on other sites. It used to bother me a lot, but now I don't even worry about it. The problem is too big for me to waste my time with. I've got more productive things to do. Ned P.S. Even more disturbing is when they leave the author box but spin it and the article into some unintelligible garbage.

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Terry Hatfield You People Think Too Much War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 524 Thanks: 11 Thanked 94 Times in 62 Posts	Re: My content has been stolen - What should i do?(website included in thread) Hi, If it is on a blog like blogger.com they have a link on their homepage to report copyright violations. Basically you send a letter to them and then they investigate and delete the offender. I had one of my articles stolen from ezine articles and the resource box removed. It was put on a blogger blog with about 100 other articles that were stolen. I sent a letter to them according to their specifications. A few days later I received an email said they where investigating. Four days later received another email that the blog had been removed. Really stupid thing for them to do, as the blog the person had up was older than a year old and aged. Pretty simple process really. I have the letter in my folder if I need to it is a quick cut and paste job to send another out. Terry

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adamv Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA. Posts: 1,111 Thanks: 165 Thanked 239 Times in 139 Posts	Re: My content has been stolen - What should i do?(website included in thread) I don't understand why people will use an article and remove the resource box. The price of using someone else's content is to give them a link or two. Is that too much to ask? I guess it is... I always include a hyperlink and a URL in my resource box because I've noticed that a lot of scrapped sites and domain parking type sites will use my articles and my "clickable" anchor text link is no longer clickable but at least my URL is clickable and I still get a backlink.
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09-11-2008, 04:59 AM	#7
Matt Hoey Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 624 Blog Entries: 10 Thanks: 15 Thanked 18 Times in 15 Posts	Re: My content has been stolen - What should i do?(website included in thread) I contacted a few people including his hosting and this is the result. "Thanks Matt.I'll get in touch with Yasir and then terminate his sites. Thanks for the report!" Justice